Gailani Art - Awards

The Refugee

The Refugee I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 120 x 130 cm

the refugee

ARTIST STATEMENT : Where do I go when all the roads have disappeared? How do I run when my legs no longer belong to me? Who do I turn to when I cannot even bear to lift my eyes?

Fashion Crucifixion

Fashion Crucifixion I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 130 cm x 150 cm

Fashion Crucifixion

ARTIST STATEMENT: My soul is a shell that has lost its purpose when it can no longer be in your shadow, and these eyes are hallow wanders in the empty dessert of a life without your companionship. You are the shield from the demons that come out to get me every hour …. you are my protector … you are my identity … and without you I’m nothing

Love Letters to Frida No.2

Love Letters to Frida No.2 I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 130 cm x 150 cm

Frida No.2

ARTIST STATEMENT: “I never realized that loving you would be a lifetime of pain that would hurt me to my very core of everything I held sacred … I had to realize for myself that our love was the slow poison that would linger in my soul much after life would have left this battered body of mine..”

Love Letters to Frida No.1

Love Letters to Frida No.1 I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 130 x 150 cm

Frida No.1

ARTIST STATEMENT: I folded myself by keeping my eyes closed and dreaming of an eternal love, and when we were together I thought you would only be mine … and that was my biggest mistake!

Victory At Any Cost

Victory At Any Cost I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 100 x 120 cm....

Victory At Any Cost

ARTIST STATEMENT: His eyes gleam at his conquest of revealing in the battles won. His thirst for the blood of victims unquenched, his insatiable hunger to succeed still burns unabated, he awaits for his next war ... this is all that he knows - there is no remorse, no empathy, and no backing down. This is what life has taught him ... A life that raped his innocence, a life that mocked his values, a life that enslaved his hope ... till he decided to become the hunter and decorate life with the blood it seeks.

Determined Hope

Determined Hope I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 100 x 120 cm.

Determined Hope

ARTIST STATEMENT: I will not allow the rugged reality of my life define who I become ... I will not allow the harshness of my loveless home become the sarcastic and bitter road that I walk on for years to come ... I will not succumb to the evil mind games played by my so called loved ones who only teach me to hate ... But they don't define me, and they won't define me, these flames inside me are fanned by hunger to walk away, to create my own reality, to finally find peace ... So help me God!

My Warhol Frida

My Warhol Frida - A Tribute I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 130 x 150 cm.

frida

ARTIST STATEMENT: In your pain, I found my comfort. In your eyes, I saw my strength. In your strength, I saw my truth. In your truth, I saw my paintings. In your paintings, I saw my life. In your life, I discovered my path … thank you for being my angel.

Unapologetic Strength

Unapologetic Strength I Medium Acrylic on Canvas I Size 130 x 150 cm

Unapologetic Strength

ARTIST STATEMENT: Don't expect me to be glorified as a showpiece of glamour to be put on display for your eyes to gawk at ... I’m not a woman you can simply dismiss, I am more of a man and than you will ever be. I am bolder than you can ever dream to be, and I am more courageous than the army of your entourage put together … I am here to stay – unashamed and unapologetic!